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I dated a woman for a number of years. She lived in Section 8 Housing (Taino Towers in NYC/Harlem) and still does. While with her, I learned a number of ways Section 8 and Food Stamps (SNAP) and WIC and welfare are defrauded from her, her family and her friends.Just judging from Taino Towers, at LEAST 30% of residents are involved in some type of fraud and feel entitled to it. The program at Taino provides rent and utilities for one monthly fee, which is based on your income. You HAVE to have at least a minimum income to cover the minim rent of $217/month (at last I knew in 2015).Fraud Methods:Work off the books. Report weekly income of $50 for “babysitting”. This covers the minimum rent and entitles you to the EIC when you file your false tax return.Typically, the woman would have the lease. Move a boyfriend in. He is NOT on the lease and his income not included in the subsidy calculation. (My ex used to call it “Musical apartments”). A guy finds a girl with a job and benefits and moves in with her. When he gets tired of her, he starts cheating with someone else with an Section 8 lease in the building. He either gets caught, or dumps her and moves in with the next woman. All the while sponging off the woman and Section 8.Rent out your couch or a spare bedroom for cash to cover your rent and don’t declare it.Use fake w-2’s and 1040’s to keep your rent lowMove people in that are not on the lease and so not included in the subsidy calculation (Such as a boyfriend/girlfriend.Put people on the lease (A grandchild) who does not live there to get an extra bedroom to rent out.Management: Take bribes ($5k-10k depending on the size of the apartment) to move people up the list. If you have 50 open apartments, print out the letters to people on the waiting list to let them know they have an apartment available. Print the envelopes and postage meter the letters and shred/dispose of 30 or so. This get’s no response and everyone moves up the list. Keep this up until the person who bribed you is next in line. Takes 6–12 month.Go to a local bodega that accepts SNAP/Food Stamps and does not have a POS system, just a regular register. They will sell you anything, including alcohol, cigarettes and blunt wrappers on your card.Sell your SNAP dollars for $0.50 on the dollar. I can’t even count the number of times I was on line at Pathmark and people were using multiple SNAP cards to pay for groceries.If this is indicative of all the 650,706 subsidized apartments in NYC, then there are millions being defrauded and people stuck in shelters waiting while lifetime, lifestyle criminals have big apartments that should not.EDIT: This is my personal ANECDOTAL experience of EXAMPLE within the circle my ex moved in. It included people in Taino and other complexes and “Walking Section 8”.

NYCHA to the rescue!They have a link to available Section 8 listings on their website, as well as literally all other relevant information. Where You Can RentGood luck!)

Go to the NYC HPD website (HPD - Section 8 - Applicants)